Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 591. I Was Cleopatra
April 09, 2018

Dennis Abrams has written the new YA novel I Was Cleopatra, the fictional memoir of John Rice, a boy actor in the King’s Men, Shakespeare’s acting company, who played many of Shakespeare’s signature female roles, including Lady Macbeth, Cordelia,

Episode 590. Serious Actor Clown
April 04, 2018

Philip Earl Johnson stars in Enemy of the People at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and talks about the creation of his role in this new adaptation, and how he divides his time between theatre work and his other life as the RenFaire clown MooNiE.

Episode 589. Chicago’s Northlight Theatre
April 02, 2018

Artistic Director BJ Jones (left) talks about Northlight Theatre, the fourth largest theatre in the Chicagoland area and producer of an extraordinary body of new work. BJ discusses the importance of understanding one’s audience while raving (positively...

Episode 588. Resurrecting The Bible
March 26, 2018

We resurrected The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) for its first American performance in almost four years and this cast's first performance in more than eight. After the raucous standing ovation, Dominic Conti (center), Reed Martin,

Episode 587. Slings & Arrows
March 19, 2018

With the premieres of both Rise (on NBC) and Barry (on HBO), it's the perfect time to satisfy listeners who've asked us many times to delve into the seminal TV show Slings & Arrows, the Canadian production that lovingly sends up and celebrates the busi...

Episode 586. Reduced Show Report
March 12, 2018

During our two-week run of William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged) at the New Victory Theatre in New York City we had the opportunity to see many fantastic shows, both on and off-Broadway, and between our final two performances we chatted...

Episode 585. Chicago Theatre Standards
March 05, 2018

Laura T. Fisher (left) has put together a document called Chicago Theatre Standards, a document and philosophy that "seeks to mentor institutions, theatre-makers, teachers, students, parents and anyone who would like to learn more about procedural prev...

Episode 584. The Comedy “Plantation!”
February 25, 2018

Kevin Douglas’ new play Plantation! is having its world premiere right now at the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago, in a production directed by Lookingglass founding member David Schwimmer and starring eight phenomenal actresses.

Episode 583. Short Rehearsal Process
February 19, 2018

Jim Ortlieb and Gregory Linington, who played John Hemings and Henry Condell in the midwest premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will last fall of 2017, return to the RSC Podcast to discuss the challenges and rewards of a "reduced" rehearsal peri...

Episode 582. Marco Antonio Vega
February 12, 2018

Meet Marco Antonio Vega, the newest member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company! Marco performed with us last week in two sold-out standing-ovation performances in South Padre Island, TX, and comes to us from the Utah Shakespeare Festival,